446 XLv. ANACARDiACEiE (oliver). [Odma. 



chiefly fertile flowers ly-2 in. long, more or less densely foxy-tomentose ; 

 pedicels 1-1 1- lines. Petals elliptical, slightly concave. Anthers of the male 

 flowers oblong-elliptical, dorsally affixed, of the female smaller, effete? 

 Drupes glabrous, often retaining the remains of the distinct styles. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Sckimper ! Capt. PuUen ! Sennar, Cienkowski. 

 Nearly allied to 0. Wodier, Roxb., a common Indian species. 



2. O. fruticosa, Hochst. ; RicJi.^M. Abyss, i. 141. Extremities 

 rugged, lenticellate. Leaves present at time of flowering, 9-15-foliolate, at 

 first minutely stellate-pubescent, at length glabrous, f-1 ft. long; leaflets 

 obliquely lanceolate, gradually narrowed to a rather obtuse point, base more 

 or less rounded, oblique, sessile or subsessile, 2-2>\ in. long, \-\ in. broad. 

 Flowers usually 4-merous, in simple or once-branched, rather stout, axillary, 

 foxy-tomentose or -pubescent spikes, ly-3|- in. long, sessile, or pedicels very 

 short and concealed. Calyx-lobes roundish-ovate, imbricate. Petals ellip- 

 tical, concave, sometimes recurved above. Pilaments filiform, inserted in the 

 back of the broadly oblong anthers. Kudiment of the ovary in the sterile 

 flowers 3-4-fid. 



Nile Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Sckimper ! Dillon ! Sennar, Kotschy ! Cien- 

 koicski ! Madi, Speke and Qrant ! 

 Affords a resin. 



Var, ? parvifolia. Leaves much smaller. Fruiting-spikes not 1 in. long. Madi, ^eke 

 and Grant ! 



Odina fraxinifolia, Fenzl, known to me by name only and not described to my know- 

 ledge, may perhaps be O.fruticosa. 



3. O. acida. Rich, (under Lannea) in Fl. Seneg. i. 154. A small de- 

 ciduous free. Leaves exceeding 1 ft,, 7-11-foliolate, wholly glabrous or 

 with indications of an early deciduous tomentum ; leaflets distinctly petio- 

 lulate,, oval-lanceolate, gradually narrowed to an obtuse subacuminate apex, 

 base obliquely cuneate, 2-4^ in. long, li-li in. broad; petiolule H-3 

 lines. Plowers in stellate-tomentose, ascending, spicate racemes 1-2^ in. 

 long, clustered at the ends of the branches ; pedicels 1 line. Calyx-lobes 

 ovate, at length deciduous. Petals oblong-oval. Anthers of the fertile 

 flower small, probably effete. Styles 4, distinct. — {? 0. Oghigee, Hook. f. 

 PI. Nigrit. 286. Spondias Oghigee, Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 79.) 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia ; ? Nape, Niger, Barter ! 



Barter's plant accords well with Richard's description excepting that the leaves are rather 

 larger. 



4. O. Barter!, Oliv. A small tree. Leaves |~1|- ft., 7-11-foliolate, 

 very shortly and softly hispid-pubescent throughout, the upper surface at 

 length minutely granular-scabrid from the tubercled hair-bases ; lateral leaf- 

 lets opposite, ovate-elliptical or elliptical, cuspidate or shortly acuminate, 

 more or less broadly rounded at the base, subsessile ; hairs simple (not stel- 

 late), very short and uniform above, most conspicuous on the veins beneath, 

 3y-6 in. long, H-3 in. broad. Flower-spikes simple, fascicled, from nodes 

 of a previous year, divaricate, 3-5 in. long, pubescent or tomentose. Flowers 

 (male) sessile or very shortly pedicellate, 4-merous. Calyx-lobes ovate, ob- 



